Nice contraption! But, I don't really think a key works this way... The pins will strike down into the engravings (between the teeth) but not on them. Check out my profile, there's an example
Wow, this baby is not really bad! But I am sure many other people already have made contraptions faster/as fast as this. But I could go 35 m/s @600 Hz and this is pretty impressive. Any higher, then the speed starts to dive down in an inversed proportion.
And for the sim.frequency, I highly believe that it should be at least be @120 Hz, and 240 Hz for quality product, and for high precision contraptions, it should be @ 300 Hz. For the high end PCs out there, of cause, 600 Hz. 1200 Hz is just overkill- it should be only used for slow-motion purposes. And the frequency should always be in step with your monitor's refresh level, like 60 fps, 120 fps and so on.
This is some pretty cool educative quality stuff! Never did I know how they worked. It took me sometime to realize what was going on exactly- it is some complicated stuff. Keep it up!
The shells are not really ejecting... The design is superb though, very cool. However, it kinda need some tweaks. I've tried changing spring constants, but not working well. Shells won't eject... I hope you can fix that for us.
Cool stuff!
IDK why but the gears are not working for me, just saying.
Here, this is gold. >http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bu-TJ7H6-Xg/UX9Gpg01UsI/AAAAAAAAAik/gJkAV95BfZs/s1600/rolly+tanks-13.png
If you like WW2 weaponry, you should check out War Thunder. A great free MMOFPS, ground forces, airplanes, great graphics. Worth a shot.